Heel and shank supporter



(No Model.)

T. H. PARIS.

HEEL AND SHANK SUPPORTER.

Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

NiTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. PARIS, OF RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

HEEL AND SHANK SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 372,561, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed January 24, 1887. Serial No. 225,402. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. PARIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reusselaer, in the county of Jasper and State of Indiana, have invented a Combined Adjustable Heel and Shank Support for Boots or Shoes, of which the following isaspecitication.

This invention relates to a combined heel and shank support for boots or shoes for preventing the running over or careeuing of the uppers relative to the heels.

The improvement consists in having a combined heel and shank support adj ustably connected together on the front face of the heel. The shanksupport is bifurcated at its outer end, and its inner end is turned down, forming an arm which is adj ustably connected with a corresponding arm on the front end of the heel support or plate. lock, preferably, by side flanges of the one overlapping the edges of the other arm, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a shoe and combined heel and shank support embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side View; Fig. 3, a section on the line X X of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of the combined heel and shank support detached.

Theshank-supportBisbil'urcated atits front end, and its rear end is turned down, forming the arm B, which is provided with a series of perforations, b, for adjustably connecting it with the upwardly-projected arm D of the heelplate G, by means of the screw 0, which passes through one of the openings 1) and a corresponding opening in the arm D. Flanges extended from the sides of one of the arms embrace the edges of the other arm, and prevent lateral motion and turning of the plates about the screw 0. As shown, these flanges are formed with and project from the arm D, and embrace the edges of the arm B.

In practice the shank-support is secured to the middle of the sole of the shoe A by screws The two arms interb, or other suitable means, and the heel-plate is fastened to the bottom of the heel. The arms of the support and heel-plate overlap and rest against the face of the heel, and the screw 0, which secures the arms together, env ters the heel and holds the arms close up against the face of the heel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with the shanksnpport having a down\rardlyprojected arm, of the heel-plate adapted to be secured to the bottom of the heel, and provided with an upwardlyextended arm which overlaps the arm of the shanksupport, and means, substantially as described. for adjustably securing the two arms together, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the shank-support having a downwardly-projected arm, of the heel-plate provided with an upwardly-extended arm overlapping the arm of the shank-support, the flanges extended from one arm and embracing the edges of the other arm, and means for adjust-ably holding the arms together, substantially as specified.

3. The combination. with the shank-support and the heel-plate, of interlocking arms extended from the support and plate, and means, substantially as described, for adj ustably connecting the arms together.

4. The herein shown and described com- \Vitnesses:

EDWARD D. RHOADES, DANIEL S. W ILLEY. 

